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Dunraven and Mount-Earl, Earl of (I, 1822 - 2011)

Creation: let. pat. 5 Feb 1822

Extinct: 25 Mar 2011

Family name: Quin later Wyndham-Quin

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Gules a Hand couped before the wrist grasping a Sword all proper between in base two Serpents erect and respecting each other tails nowed Or and in chief two Crescents Argent (O'Quin of Munster);  2nd and 3rd, Azure a Chevron between three Lion's Heads erased Or with a Mullet for difference (Wyndham)

Crests:

1st:  A Wolf's Head erased Argent (Quin);  2nd:  A Lion's Head erased within a Fetterlock and Chain Or (Wyndham)

Supporters:

On either side a Raven with wings elevated proper collared and chained Or

Motto:

Cenn Natapac Abu (Head of the serpent for ever)

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Valentine Richard [Quin], 1st Baron Adare later 1st Viscount Mount-Earl later 1st Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl

1st son of Windham Quin MP, of Adare, co. Limerick, by his wife Frances Dawson, dau. of Richard Dawson, of Dawson's Grove, co. Monaghan

born

30 Jul 1752

mar. (1)

24 Aug 1777 Lady Frances Muriel Fox-Strangways (b. Aug 1755; d. 5 Mar 1814), 4th dau. of Stephen [Fox later Fox-Strangways], 1st Earl of Ilchester, by his wife Elizabeth Strangways-Horner, only dau. and hrss. of Thomas Strangways-Horner, of Mells Park, co. Somerset

children by first wife

1. Hon Windham Henry Quin later Wyndham-Quin, later 2nd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl

2. Hon Richard George Quin (b. 20 Apr 1789; dsp. 5 Oct 1843), mar. 7 Sep 1813 Amelia Smith (d. 18 May 1845), 2nd dau. of Sir John Smith, 1st Bt., by his first wife Elizabeth Curtis, dau. and hrss. of Robert Curtis, of Wilsthorpe, co. Lincoln

1. Lady Elizabeth Quin (d. 1795)

2. Lady Harriet Quin (d. 13 Dec 1845), mar. 19 Nov 1804 Lieut Gen Sir William Payne later Payne-Gallwey, 1st Bt., and had issue

mar. (2)

26 Feb 1816 Margaret Mary Blennerhassett (widow of (1) George L'Estrange, and (2) Col Arthur Blennerhassett, of Bath;  d. 6 Nov 1821), dau. of James Coghlan, of Claghan House, King's County

died

24 Aug 1824

created

8 Jun 1781 Baronet of Great Britain, styled "of Adare"

31 Jul 1800 Baron Adare, of Adare in the County of Limerick

5 Feb 1816 Viscount Mount-Earl

5 Feb 1822 Viscount Adare and Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl

suc. by

son by first wife

note

Member of Parliament for Kilmallock 1799-1800

Windham Henry [Quin later Wyndham-Quin], 2nd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl

born

24 Sep 1782

mar.

27 Dec 1810 Caroline Wyndham (b. c. 1789; d. 26 May 1870), dau. and sole hrss. of Thomas Wyndham, of Dunraven Castle, co. Glamorgan, by his wife Anna Maria Charlotte Ashby, dau. of Thomas Ashby, of Isleworth, co. Middlesex

children

1. Hon Edwin Richard Windham Wyndham-Quin, later 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl

2. Capt Hon Windham Henry Wyndham-Quin (b. 2 Nov 1829; d. 24 Aug 1865), mar. 24 Jan 1856 Caroline Tyler (mar. (2) 5 Mar 1867 Lt Gen N O S Turner CB (d. 1884); d. 22 Oct 1898), 3rd dau. of Rear-Admiral Sir George Tyler KH DL, of Cotterell, co. Glamorgan, and had issue:

1a. Windham Henry Wyndham-Quin, later 5th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl

2a. Lt Col Charles Frederick Talbot Wyndham-Quin OBE (b. 12 Jul 1864; d. 2 Apr 1926)

1a. Caroline Wyndham-Quin (d. 17 Nov 1877)

2a. Louisa Augusta Isabelle Wyndham-Quin (dvp. 16 Oct 1862)

1. Lady Anna Maria Charlotte Wyndham-Quin (b. Nov 1814; dsps. 7 Jan 1855), mar. 11 Aug 1836 as his first wife William [Monsell], 1st Baron Emly, and had issue

died

6 Aug 1850

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament (Whig) for Co. Limerick 1806-20; he inherited his father-in-law's estates in 1815 and took the name of Wyndham before that of Quin; Custos Rotulorum of Co. Limerick 1818-50; a Representative Peer for Ireland 1839-50

Edwin Richard Windham [Wyndham-Quin], 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, KP

born

19 May 1812

mar. (1)

18 Aug 1836 Augusta Gould (d. 22 Nov 1866), 3rd dau. of Thomas Goold, of Merrion Square, Dublin, a Master in Chancery, by his wife Elizabeth Nixon, dau. of Rev Brinsley Nixon, Rector of Painstown, co. Meath

children by first wife

1. Hon Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, later 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl

1. Lady Caroline Adelaide Wyndham-Quin (dvp. 2 Jul 1853)

2. Lady Augusta Emily Wyndham-Quin (d. 11 Feb 1877), mar. 4 Mar 1867 as his first wife Brig-Gen Sir Arthur Pendarves Vivian KCB MP, of Glanafon, co. Glamorgan (b. 4 Jun 1834; d. 17 Aug 1926), yr. brother of Henry Hussey [Vivian], 1st Baron Swansea, and 3rd son of Maj John Henry Vivian DL MP, of Singleton, co. Glamorgan, by his wife Sarah Jones, 1st dau. of Arthur Jones, of The Priory, Reigate, co. Surrey, and had issue

3. Lady Mary Frances Wyndham-Quin (d. 21 Sep 1884), mar. 17 Aug 1868 as his first wife Arthur Hugh Smith [Barry], 1st Baron Barrymore, and had issue

4. Lady Edith Wyndham-Quin (d. 10 Apr 1885)

5. Lady Emily Anna Wyndham-Quin (d. 21 Nov 1940)

mar. (2)

27 Jan 1870 Anne Lambert (mar. (2) 26 Apr 1879 as his second wife Hedworth Hylton [Jolliffe], 2nd Baron Hylton;  dsp. 30 Oct 1917), dau. of Henry Lambert MP, of Carnagh, co. Wexford, by his wife Catherine Talbot, yst. dau. of William Talbot, of Castle Talbot, co. Wexford

died

6 Oct 1871

created

12 Jun 1866 Baron Kenry, of Kenry in the County of Limerick (Peerage of the United Kingdom)

suc. by

son by first wife

note

FRS 1834; Member of Parliament (Conservative) for Glamorganshire 1837-51; a Commissioner of National Education [I] 1861-71; Lord Lieutenant of Co. Limerick 1864-71; FSA 1865; Knight of St Patrick 1866

Windham Thomas [Wyndham-Quin], 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, KP CMG OBE PC

born

12 Feb 1841

mar.

29 Apr 1869 Florence Elizabeth Kerr (b. 23 Oct 1841; d. 21 Sep 1916), 2nd dau. of Lord Charles Lennox Kerr (by his wife Charlotte Emma Hanmer, 1st dau. of Lt Col Thomas Hanmer, of Bettisfield Park, co. Salop), 1st son by his second wife of William [Kerr], 6th Marquess of Lothian

children

1. Lady Florence Enid Wyndham-Quin (b. 13 Jun 1870; dvp. Jul 1891)

2. Lady Rachael Charlotte Wyndham-Quin (b. 20 Feb 1872; d. 30 Jan 1901), mar. 28 Oct 1897 Desmond FitzJohn Lloyd FitzGerald DL, 27th Knight of Glin (d. 17 Sep 1936), and had issue

3. Lady Aileen May Wyndham-Quin (b. 9 Apr 1873; d. 25 Feb 1962), mar. 12 Feb 1908 Reginald Le Normand [Brabazon], 13th Earl of Meath, and had issue

died

s.p.m. 14 Jun 1926

suc. by

cousin

note

Lieut, 1st Regiment of Life Guards 1865-67; served in Abyssinia 1867; ADC to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1868; Knight of St Patrick 1872; Under Secretary for the Colonies 1885-86 and 1886-87; Member of the London County Council for Wandsworth 1895-99; Lord lieutenant of Co. Limerick 1896-1922; Privy Councillor [I] 1899; served in the South African War 1900-01; CMG 1902; served in the First World War 1914-18 as Commander, RNVR; on his death the Barony of Kenry became extinct

Windham Henry [Wyndham-Quin], 5th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, CB DSO DL

born

7 Feb 1857

mar.

7 Jul 1885 Lady Eva Constance Aline Bourke (d. 19 Jan 1940), only surv. dau. of Richard Southwell [Bourke], 6th Earl of Mayo, by his wife Hon Blanche Julia Wyndham, 2nd dau. of George [Wyndham], 1st Baron Leconfield

children

1. Hon Richard Southwell Windham Robert Wyndham-Quin, later 6th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl

2. Capt Hon Valentine Maurice Wyndham-Quin RN, of Chieveley House, co. Berkshire, Naval Attaché Argentina and Uruguay 1945-47 (b. 22 May 1890; dspm. 27 Feb 1983), mar. 21 Jul 1919 Marjorie Elizabeth Pretyman (d. 6 May 1969), 2nd dau. of Rt Hon Ernest George Pretyman DL MP, of Orwell Park and Bacton, co. Suffolk, and Riby Grove, co. Lincoln,  by his wife Lady Beatrice Adine Bridgeman, 1st dau. of George Cecil Orlando [Bridgeman], 4th Earl of Bradford, and had issue:

1a. Ursula Eva Wyndham-Quin (b. 20 Jul 1921; d. 1993), mar. 17 Jan 1945 Maj Lord Roderic Arthur Nevill Pratt (b. 13 Feb 1915; d. 30 May 1997), 2nd son of John Charles [Pratt], 4th Marquess Camden, by his wife Lady Joan Marion Nevill, only dau. by his first wife of Henry [Nevill], 3rd Marquess of Abergavenny, and had issue

2a. Marjorie Olein Wyndham-Quin (b. 15 Jul 1922), mar. 18 Dec 1945 Robert Edward Peter [Gascoyne-Cecil], 6th Marquess of Salisbury, and has issue

3a. Pamela Wyndham-Quin (b. 29 Apr 1925), mar. 24 Jul 1947 her second cousin once-removed John Edward Reginald [Wyndham], 1st Baron Egremont later 6th Baron Leconfield, and has issue

1. Lady Olein Eva Constance Wyndham-Quin MBE (b. 5 Mar 1892; d. 22 Apr 1969)

2. Lady Kathleen Sybil Wyndham-Quin (b. 12 Feb 1895; dvp. 29 Dec 1907)

died

23 Oct 1952

suc. by

son

note

ADC and Military Secretary to the Governor of Madras 1886-89; served in the Boer Wars 1881 and 1889-1901; Member of Parliament for South Glamorgan 1895-1906; DSO 1900; CB 1903; Sheriff of co. Kilkenny 1914; Deputy Lieutenant of Glamorganshire

Richard Southwell Windham Robert [Wyndham-Quin], 6th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, CB CBE MC

born

18 May 1887

mar. (1)

20 Oct 1915 (div. 1932) Helen Lindsay Swire (d. 1 Jan 1962), dau. of John Swire, of Hillingdon House, Harlow, co. Essex, by his wife Emily Hamilton Campbell Kidstone, 2nd dau. of George Jardine Kidstone, of Finlaystone, Renfrewshire

mar. (2)

7 Mar 1934 Nancy Yuille (d. 1994), dau. of Thomas Burke Yuille, of Halifax County, Virginia, USA

children by second wife

1. Hon Thady Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, later 7th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl

1. Lady Melissa Eva Caroline Wyndham-Quin, Master of the Limerick Fox Hounds 1990-96 (b. 16 Feb 1935), mar. 25 Jun 1959 Maj Sir George Cecil Francis Brooke, 3rd Bt. MBE, and has issue

2. Lady Caroline Olein Geraldine Wyndham-Quin (b. 14 Sep 1936), mar. 23 Jul 1957 John Hubert de la Poer [Beresford], 8th Marquess of Waterford, and has issue

died

28 Aug 1965

suc. by

son by second wife

note

Capt, 12th Lancers; Military Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; served in First World War 1914-18; MC; CBE 1921; CB 1923

Thady Windham Thomas [Wyndham-Quin], 7th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl

born

27 Oct 1939

mar.

15 Feb 1969 Geraldine McAleer, dau. of A/Cdre Gerard Ward McAleer CBE, of Wokingham, co. Berkshire

only child

1. Lady Ana Wyndham-Quin (b. 20 Mar 1972)

died

25 Mar 2011

On the death of the 7th Earl of Dunraven and Mount Earl the Earldom of Dunraven and Mount-Earl became extinct.

Last updated 21 Apr 2011

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