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Baltinglass, Viscount (I, 1541 - 1585)

Creation: 29 Jun 1541

Forfeited: May 1585

Family name: Eustace

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Arms:

Or a Saltire Gules

Crest:

A Stag statant between the horns a Crucifix all proper

Supporters:

On either side an Angel proper

Motto:

Cur Me Persequeris?

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Thomas [Eustace], 1st Baron Kilcullen later 1st Viscount Baltinglass

son and heir of Richard Eustace (by his wife Anne Eustace, dau. of Robert Eustace, of Ballyloughrane), brother of Rowland [Eustace], 1st Baron Portlester, and 2nd son of Sir Edward FitzEustace, Lord Deputy of Ireland

born

c. 1480

mar.

Margaret Talbot, dau. of Peter Talbot, of Malahide, co. Dublin, by his wife Catharine FitzGerald, illegit. dau. of Gerald "More" [FitzGerald], 8th Earl of Kildare

children

1. Hon Rowland Eustace, later 2nd Viscount Baltinglass

2. Hon Richard Eustace, of Little Bouley

3. Hon Alexander Eustace, of Colbinstown

4. Hon Robert Eustace, of Tulloghgowrey

1. Hon Anne Eustace, mar. ..... O'Toole, of Magnelle

2. Hon Janes Eustace, mar. Bryan McCahir Cavanagh

3. Hon Margaret Eustace, mar. George Burnell

died

31 Jul 1549

created

Sep 1535 Baron Kilcullen, co. Kildare

29 Jun 1541 Viscount Baltinglass, co. Wicklow

suc. by

son

note

suc. his uncle Lord Portlester in the family estates 14 Dec 1496

Rowland [Eustace], 2nd Viscount Baltinglass

born

c. 1505

mar.

Joan Butler, sister of Edmond [Butler], 1st Baron Dunboyne, and dau. of Sir James Butler, 10th Feudal Lord of Dunboyne, by his wife Lady Joan Butler, 3rd dau. of Piers [Butler], 8th Earl of Ormonde and 1st Earl of Ossory

children

1. Hon James Eustace, later 3rd Viscount Baltinglass

2. Hon Edmund Eustace, of Tubber, self styled 4th Viscount Baltinglass, in rebellion with his brothers in 1581 and fled to Scotland in 1583 and thence to Spain, attainted with them in May 1585, served in the Spanish Armada 1588 (dsp. Sep 1594 in Portugal); mar. Frances Pipho, dau. of Robert Pipho

3. Hon Thomas Eustace, in rebellion with his brothers 1581 and executed s.p. 1582

4. Hon William Eustace, in rebellion with his brothers 1581 and executed s.p. 21 Apr 1581

5. Hon Walter Eustace, in rebellion with his brothers 1581, taken prisoner 1583 and executed s.p. the same year

6. Father Richard Eustace, living in Paris 1580 and was a Priest in Rome Jan 1595/6

1. Hon Eleanor Eustace, mar. her first cousin once removed Hon Sir Edmund Butler, of Roscrea and Cloughgrenan, co. Carlow (d. Nov 1602), 2nd son of James [Butler], 9th Earl of Ormonde and 2nd Earl of Ossory, by his wife Lady Joan FitzGerald, dau. and hrss. of Gerald FitzJames [FitzGerald], 14th Earl of Desmond, and had issue

2. Hon Joan Eustace (d. after 27 Feb 1585), mar. c. 1560 her cousin Barnaby [FitzPatrick], 2nd Baron Upper Ossory, and had issue

died

31 Mar 1578

suc. by

son

note

ordered to be sent a prisoner to London 1567

James [Eustace], 3rd Viscount Baltinglass

born

?

mar.

Mary Travers (mar. (2) as his first wife Sir Gerald Aylmer, 1st Bt.; d. 28 Nov 1610; bur. at Monkton), dau. and cohrss. of Sir Henry Travers, of Monkstown Castle, co. Dublin, by his wife Hon Genet Preston, 2nd dau. by his first wife of Jenico [Preston], 3rd Viscount Gormanston

died

s.p. 25 Nov 1585 in Spain

note

in 1576 he joined with other "Lords of the Pale" in a complaint as to taxes being levied without the saction of the Irish Parliament, and subsequently joined with the Earl of Desmond in a conspiracy to place the Queen of Scots on the English and Irish throne - when this failed he fled from Ireland to Spain in 1581; for this he was outlawed and his title forfeited, being described as "James Eustace late Viscount Baltinglass" in the Act of Parliament for the attainder of the family honours and the forfeiture of the entailed estates in May 1585, some six months before his death; four of his brothers also took part in the same rebellion and, although all dead, were included in the attainder

On the attainder of the 3rd Viscount Baltinglass the Viscountcy of Baltinglass became forfeited.

First written 9 Mar 2014

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