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136 IV. 1642. CHARLEMONT 4. Robert (Caulfeild), Lord Caulfeild, Baron of Charlemont [I.], br. and h., aged 19 at his brother's death. Sometime a Capt. in the army. He d. unm., i Jan. 164.;^/^, from an overdose of opium. Inq. p. m. at Armagh. V. 1644. VISCOUNTCY [I.] I. 1665. 5 and I. William (Caulfeild), Lord Caul- feild, Baron of Charlemont [I.], br. and h., aged 19 at his brother's death. In 1652 he succeeded in apprehending Sir Phelim O'Neill, who was executed for rebellion. P. C. [I.] Dec. 1660. Capt. of a troop of horse. Was Gov. of Fort Charlemont for life, but sold the office, 1 3 Apr. 1 664, for ;^3,500 to the Crown. On 8 Oct. 1665 he was cr. VISCOUNT CHARLEMONT, co. Armagh [I.], and took his seat accordingly 16 Nov. following. He »?., in 1653, Sarah, 2nd da. of Charles (Moore), 2nd Viscount Drogheda [I.], by Alice, da. of Adam (LoFTus), Viscount Loftus of Ely. He d. Apr., and was bur. 25 May 1671, in the Cathedral of Armagh. M.I. Will dat. 8 Feb. 1670/1, pr. 8 May 1672, in Dublin. VISCOUNTCY [I.] ' II. BARONY [I.] VI. ■ 1671. 2 and 6. William (Caulfeild), Viscount Charlemont, dffc. [I.], 2nd but ist surv. s. and h. Taking part against James II, he was attainted 7 May 1689 by the Pari. [I.], which he did not attend,(*) but was soon restored under William III, who made him Gov. of Fort Charlemont, and Custos Rot. of cos. Tyrone and Armagh. He took his seat in the House of Lords [I.] 5 Oct. 1692, and took part in a measure to prevent estates of Protestants being inherited by Papists. Admitted to the King's Inns, Dublin, 9 June 1697. Col. of the 36th Foot 1701-06. He served in Spain in 1705, and was at the taking of Barcelona. Brig. Gen. 1705; Major Gen. 1708. P.C. [I.] 5 June 1726. He m., 11 July 1678, Anne, da. of James Margetson, Archbishop of Armagh, by Anne, sister of Thomas Bennett. He d. in College Green, 21, and was bur. 26 July 1726, at Armagh. Will pr. 1726. His widow d. 1729. Will pr. 10 Jan. 1729, at Dublin. VISCOUNTCY [I.] ] III. BARONY [I.] VII. 1726. 3 and 7. James (Caulfeild), Viscount Charlemont, i^c. [I.], 2nd but ist surv. s. and h., bap. 29 July 1682; ed. at Trin. Coll. Dublin, B.A. 1702, M.A. 1704; was M.P. for Charlemont, 1703-04, and 1713-26, and took his seat in the House of Lords [I.], 29 Nov. 1727. He W.Elizabeth, da. of Francis Bernard, of Castle Mahon (afterwards Castle Bernard), co. Cork, by Alice, (^) For a list of peers present in, and absent from, this Pari., see Appendix D to this volume.