12G SHELBURNE. SHELBUR3STE. Barony for 1. Pa.me Elizabeth Petty, widow, horn Waller, da. of life [1.] Sir Hardress Waller, of Castletown, co. Limerick (one of the Regicide T 1 AQ9 judges), bj Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir John Dowuall, of Kilfeimy.m. 1. 10O0, firijtly sir ji; c i lile ] Kenton, Hart. [1.], of Mitchell-town. e... Cork _SL „ {cr. a Baronet, 14 Jnly 18981 who d. Iti61. She m. secondly in 1667 1708 I the well-known Sir William Petty, Surveyor (Jen. of Ireland, who d. 16 Dec. 16S7, aged 64, and was bur, at Komsey, co. Southampton, in consideration of whose services she was cr. 31 Dec. 1088, BARONESS SHEL- BURNE, co. Wexford [I ], lor life. She is said to have m. (as a third husband) shortly before 25 Feb. 1692/3,(') Sir George ('kokton, of Ireland. She, who was living 3 April 1701, d. in Feb. 170S,( b ) or, according to another statement, about IS Dec. 1710, when her life pcemyc became extinct. Barony [I.] 1. Charles Petty, 2d lmt 1st Biuv. s. and h.( e ) of Sir IT JG88 William Petty, deceased, by Elizabeth, suo jure Baroness Shelburrb ' [I.], both abovenained. He was b. about 1072 and was, in consider* , tiou of bis father's services cr. (at the Hume date as his mother's lbJb - peerage) 31 Dec. 10SS,'.' 1 ) BARON SHELBURNE, co. Wexford [1.] He was attainted by the Pari. [I.] of 1689 but restored by that of 1 6!>2, when he took his seat. He m. 4 June 1600, at St. James's, YVestni. (lie. Fac, he about 18 anil she about 17), Mary, da. and coheir of Sir John Wll.I.tAMS, 2d Bart., of Minster, co. Kent, by Susan, da. of Sir Thomas Skii with, I'art. He d. s.p. April 1696 when the pccraije became extinct. Admon. 9 Dee. 1696, and 3 April 1701. His widow m.(') a few months after his death (before 9 Dec. 1696 1 , .Major Gen. Henry ConyngHam, of Shine, co. Meath, who d. 1705 6, being father by her, of the Brat Earl of Conymrham [I.] She in. thirdly Robeit Dai.i.wav, Col. of a Reg. of Dragoons, who d. Nov. 1740. She d. Dec. 1710, and Wi.s bur. the 10th at St. Mary's, Dublin. Admon. 8 and 20 Nov. 1710. Barony [I.] 1. Henry Petty, yst. and only smv. br. ttod h, of 111 1G99 * Re auove > ■ about 1675 ; sue. to the family estates(') in April 1696 ; Joint Ranger of Phoenix Park, 1698 ; was cr. 16 June Ear'dom [I.] or 26 Oct. I699,{«) BARON SHELBURNE, co. Wexford [I.], t 1710 taking his seat, 21 Sep. 1703. He was P.O. to Queen Anne, L ItlJ, ij 04) iDl | tu Ge() i i 71 ., H(J w: ,s also M. P. for Great Mallow, tu 1714, and for Chipping Wycombe, 1722. He was cr. 29 April 1751. 1719, VISCOUNT DUNK ERUN, co. Kerry, and EARL OF SHELBURNE [I.] ; was F.R.S., tec. He m. in 1699 Arabella, sister of Charles (Bhvi.k), 3d Earl ok Cork [I.J, and 2d Eaui. ok Burlington. 5th da. of Charles, Viscount Dungarvan [I.], and Lord Clifford ok Lanes- borough, by Jane, da. of William (Seymour), Dukk ok SOMERSET. She d. after a lingering illness at High Wycombe Oct. 1740. He d. in London s.p.s. 17 April (") Luttrell's diary of that date. The passage is " Lady Shelburn, wi.low to Sir Wm. Petty, worth £30,000, is married to Sir George Crofton, of Ireland," but there is no mention of such marriage in " lodge," or, apparently, any other authority. ( b ) Lodije. (°) John Petty, his eldest br., was bnp. 15 Feb. 1669, and bur. 28 Feb. 1070, at St. Bride's, Dublin. ( J ) One of the peerages cr. by James II. See vol. iv, p. 9, note "c," »«i " Galway." (°) Luttrell's diary, 5 Dec. 1696, mentions that they were "privately married' and that she was " worth upwards of £40,000." ( f ) These estates, consisting of 62,336 acres (English) in the Barony of Glane- roughty and of 34,181 in that of Dunkeron, were continued to him, 14 Sep. 169G- (8) The date in " Lodge," (where the preamble to the patent is recited) is 26 Oct., but, as the Privy Seal was 20 May, the .late iu June seems the more likely.
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